Base - $125k RSU - $100k (split over 4 years) Bonus - $15k Level: ICT3 Location: Cupertino Should I keep leetcode grinding or take this offer? Still in my senior year with a couple months to go before graduation so I have lots of free time
Focus on interviewing at public companies that would make higher offers like Facebook, google, snap, OCI, LinkedIn, Dropbox, twitter, etc.
How are any of those higher? Maybe counting signing bonus sure, but fb and google bade is 110-120k and stock is 100-150k generally unless you’re a rockstar return intern
Dropbox gives out high bases (125k+) and more RSUs (160k+). Twitter also gives out more RSUs (175k+).
Team/Org?
Are you really concerned that offer is a significant lowball? These posts make me lol. You’re either just here to brag, or you’re privileged and precious. Check the internet to see where you fall in the salary band for your qualifications rather than asking Blind. Based on current information about you, your problem solving skills, ability to research market data, that offer is WAY too generous. Have a great senior year!
If something isn't 1% it's low-ball?
That doesn't follow from the point at hand. If only outliers make a certain salary it's silly to call anything less than that a lowball offer. By definition the top 1% are outliers. More importantly, you obviously shouldn't compare the salary of an Apple engineer with the median salary of engineers working across the country in all kinds of companies. That doesn't make any sense. When considering whether or not you received a lowball offer, you should benchmark using the expected compensation of typical employees at the same company and level; unless you're personally capable of demonstrating you're an outlier, it's not a lowball to offer you less than an outlier salary. This shouldn't be a controversial point. The entitlement in our industry is getting kind of ridiculous. Someone posts a high comp package and all of a sudden any new grad making less than $200k at Apple is getting lowballed. What terminology do you use for new grads who aren't even making $100k yet?
if it makes you feel better I got offered only a little more with 2 years of experience. ICT3 130k base, $105k RSU over 4 years, $25k bonus
Ok good this makes me feel better. Issue was I felt like I was on the low-end of ICT3 but obviously it’s b/c I’m a new grad. Btw do you know avg time it takes to get to ICT4?
Which companies do you recommend?
Can you clarify what you consider to be an offer that's not a lowball? To put it bluntly, I don't think you know what a lowball is if you think anything less than $200k for a new grad is a lowball.
Pretty standard offer. Get a competing and drive it up.
Damn didn’t know Apple paid more for new grad than Google and Facebook.
Location?
Cupertino